Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4572 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #930 / 1116
  • Number of attempts: 3
Yo To Hello - 1152 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #226 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3419 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #2068 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #445 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #780 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3111 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3704 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3825 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 2
Christian Mösl
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CS Student @ University of Salzburg Student Intern @ Purdue University

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